Amazing MediaGoblin fanart by Justin Nichol
#published 2012-10-20 13:30
#author Christopher Allan Webber

<p>
  Something fun today... last night I got contacted by Justin Nichol,
  who is self-described as "an entertainment designer, game designer
  and free culture advocate".  He said he heard about the project,
  thought the mascot was cute, and wanted to paint it in his own
  style.  That didn't prepare me for the awesomeness that awaited me
  when I opened the attachment:
</p>

<p class="centered">
  <a href="/blog_images/justin_nichol_mediagoblin_trans.png">
    <img src="/blog_images/justin_nichol_mediagoblin_trans-scaled.png"
         alt="Justin Nichol's incredible MediaGoblin fanart" />
  </a>
</p>

<p>
  Well, what can I say.  Beats the heck out of anything I can do!  I'm
  pretty blown away, and quite frankly, both humbled and flattered by
  having my character drawn in a way that so massively outpaces my own
  skills.
</p>

<p>
  Justin says the above image, as well as this
  <a href="/blog_images/justin_nichol_mediagoblin_dark.png">dark background version</a>,
  are both released under
  <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC BY-SA
  3.0</a>.  So feel free to remix and reuse as long as you
  reciporicate under the terms of the license (be sure to attribute
  Justin Nichol!)  Justin also uploaded the image to
  <a href="http://justinnichol.cghub.com/">his CGHub account</a>, so you can
  also <a href="http://cghub.com/images/view/330333/">see it there</a>.
</p>

<p>
  Oh, and on that note, I encourage you to check out Justin's other stuff.
  He's got some crazy awesome stuff on
  <a href="http://justinnichol.cghub.com/">his CGHub account</a>.
  Even cooler: he's got a game website
  called <a href="http://blackflaggames.org/">Black Flag Games</a>,
  which appears to be tabletop free culture games.  Pretty cool... and
  important work!  I happen to think that
  <a href="http://dustycloud.org/blog/why-faif-games-matter">games are
  important to free software and free culture</a> and
  when I worked at Creative Commons
  <a href="http://labs.creativecommons.org/2012/07/11/liberated-pixel-cup-and-distributed-free-culture-projects/">that
  was an agenda I tried to push forward</a>.  So check out his stuff!
  Looks like they've got
  some <a href="http://blackflaggames.org/?page_id=5">cool stuff going
  on...</a>
</p>

<p>
  Oh, and speaking of cool stuff, you know we have a
  <a href="/pages/campaign.html">crowdfunding campaign going on</a>
  right?  Now's the time to donate
  since <a href="/news/10k-campaign-matching.html">contributions are
  currently being doubled</a>.  And I guess I'll put the "Support
  MediaGoblin" image below... even though it noticably pales in
  comparison to the above. :)
</p>

<p class="centered">
  <a href="/pages/campaign.html">
    <img src="/blog_images/support_mediagoblin-blagpost.png"
         alt="Gavroche imploring you to support mediagoblin!" />
  </a>
</p>
